2011 World Series of Poker

Event #34: $1,000 No-Limit Hold’em
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
qq
Prize
$488,283
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,000
Prize Pool
$2,829,600
Entries
3,144
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

The Flat Four-Bet Shove

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante

There was a raise to 65,000 in early position and Justin Cohen flatted in position. It folded to Robbie Verspui in the big blind and he decided to raise to 185,000. The initial raiser folded and Cohen quickly moved all in for about 700,000 total. Verspui wasted no time in making the call and flipped over {q-Spades}{q-Diamonds}. Although he seemed slightly nervous he was beat, he seemed almost more nervous when Cohen tabled {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} because now he could take a bad beat for a lot of chips.

Cohen stood up while the flop was dealt out but Verspui opted to sit and stare down the board. The flop was {a-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and Cohen picked up a club draw and a gut-shot straight draw. Along with his overcard, he needed one of 15 remaining cards in order to keep his hopes of winning a bracelet alive. The turn was the {j-Clubs} and hit both his strait and flush draw. A member of the rail asked him which he wanted to play and Cohen just laughed.

After the meaningless {10-Diamonds}, Cohen's stack now has 1.6 million while Verspui is left with just 125,000.

Tags: Justin CohenRobbie Verspui